Centre takes up Rs69.89bn KP canal and farm livelihoods plan
Islamabad has taken up the KP Resilient Irrigated Agriculture Livelihoods Development Project, with the Asian Development Bank and the province expected to share a Rs69.893 billion bill.
The federal government has taken up a Rs69.893 billion irrigation and agricultural development project for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The scheme is the KP Resilient Irrigated Agriculture Livelihoods Development Project, reviewed by the Central Development Working Party.
The Asian Development Bank is expected to provide Rs56.133 billion (about $200 million); KP would add Rs11.692 billion, including land acquisition.
Planned works include rehabilitating the Pehur Main Canal, building the Mulkhow Irrigation Distribution System, and extending the Pehur High Level Canal.
Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal chaired the CDWP meeting that reviewed 14 schemes nationwide costing an estimated Rs226.48 billion.